Warning: This math paper will send you down many winding roads... Did you ever read Choose Your Own Adventure books? The ones that took you through forbidden forests or faraway planets? As a kid, Dr.

Over a decade ago, I learned about a pioneering course at Cabrillo College in California. In it, students collected survey data in their neighborhoods on issues such as youth gangs or discrimination ...

It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...

Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...

A typical 8th grade math textbook includes just a handful of real-world problems for students to solve, finds a new international study. And that’s not enough, according to William Schmidt, ...

For UC Davis philosopher, Elaine Landry, thought experiments like ‘if a tree falls in the forest, will it make a noise?’ is one way to conceptualize how mathematicians and physicists think when they ...

It’s not every day a high school student completes a math paper and has it published in an academic journal. However, for Santa Fe Christian senior Ryan Rodrigue that became a reality for him this ...

EVERETT — As a kid he drew cartoons on his math papers. Now he draws math in his cartoons. What’s up with that? “I Hate Math” is a new comic book by Ian Brown, 37, a third grade teacher at Challenger ...

There has been a lot of hand-wringing over the past few decades about STEM education and the need to ensure that students leave school with solid math ability. A good understanding of math is a ...